Country size comparison

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New Caledonia is about 6 times smaller than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 16.46% the size of Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (4.2 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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